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4-time Slam champ Osaka Gordon's slam, 6 RBIs lead Twins to 10-5

loses to American Collins at win over Red Sox

US Open MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —
Nick Gordon hit his first
career grand slam and
drove in a career-high six
runs, Jake Cave and Gary
Sánchez also homered,
and the Minnesota Twins
beat the Boston Red Sox
10-5 on Tuesday night.

Gordon lined a two-run
double in the first inning and
followed with a drive to the
upper deck in right field in
the fifth to lead Minnesota
to its fifth straight win. The
Twins trail AL Central-lead-
ing Cleveland by 1 1/2 games.

Michael Fulmer (5-5)
worked 1 1/3 innings of relief
with two strikeouts.

Kutter Crawford (3-6) sur-
rendered five runs — four
NEW YORK (AP) — Nao- starting in July for a training earned — on four hits and
mi Osaka walked off the block after being hampered four walks in 4 1/3 innings
court, headed toward the by a bad neck and that work for Boston, which has lost
locker room and layed clearly paid off. seven of nine. round pick, has helped Min- grand slam. Gordon waved
down, draping a towel nesota stay in playoff conten- during an unexpected cur-
over her face. Out-hit in Collins used her backhand to Gordon's homer was the lone tion while dealing with inju- tain call before his teammates
Arthur Ashe Stadium by great effect, compiling 11 of hit in an inning of miscues ries. Originally a shortstop, took the field.
another big hitter, Dani- her 23 winners that way. for the Red Sox in the fifth. Gordon has played all over
elle Collins, two-time U.S. the outfield and infield, and The Twins came from be-
Open champion Osaka During her on-court inter- Alex Verdugo dropped a fly- the grand slam was his sixth hind to win for the fourth
was left to contemplate a view, she said she modeled ball in right field. Crawford homer of the season. straight game.
second consecutive first- that shot after Jimmy Con- then walked Max Kepler.
round loss at a Grand nors, her father's favorite Ryan Brasier entered and hit As he went to the field for the Boston scored three times
Slam tournament. player. Connors responded Jose Miranda with a pitch to next half-inning, Gordon's in the fifth for a 4-3 lead.
on Twitter, writing, "Hey load the bases for Gordon. teammates stayed in the dug- Tommy Pham and Xander
Collins reached her first Danielle Collins -- way to out while the public address Bogaerts had RBI singles and
major final at the Austra- go. A great win (at)USOpen. Gordon, the 6-foot, announcer told the crowd another run scored on a wild
lian Open in January and Thanks for the shout out. ... 160-pound former first- it was Gordon's first career pitch from Fulmer.
displayed that same sort of Keep grinding."
hard-court talent with a 7-6
(5), 6-3 victory over Osaka in
a shotmaking showdown that
ended after Tuesday turned
to Wednesday at Flushing
Meadows.

Last season, Osaka took
two extended mental health
breaks, including after her
third-round exit in New
York. This season, Osaka lost
in the third round in Aus-
tralia, the first round at the
French Open, then sat out
Wimbledon.

This was the sort of matchup
Osaka used to dominate on
this surface — and against
this particular player. Osaka
won the U.S. Open in 2018
and 2020, and the Australian
Open in 2019 and 2021, and
she entered the night 3-0
against Collins, taking every
set they had contested with
each other.

But Collins, a Florid-
ian seeded 19th at the U.S.
Open, took time off the tour